tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50729036669454163.post6054690015875448239..comments2024-02-24T19:35:48.123-08:00Comments on Lost in the Frame: Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of VengeanceKasey Mohammadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13353259413006470925noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50729036669454163.post-53346246543470709482008-02-25T16:48:00.000-08:002008-02-25T16:48:00.000-08:00Well, there was the Samurai Trilogy, starring Tosh...Well, there was the Samurai Trilogy, starring Toshiro Mifune, but that was mostly K.-lite and no L. Kozure Ogami the movie series is pretty unique because of it. The following TV series took a more reheated K-lite route (due, probably, to budget constraints). On the other hand, the Zatoichi series might somewhat fit, but my memory of it is a bit blurry.<BR/><BR/>Similarly, subsequent samurai movies took a cleaner route, especially in the 80s (where they looked cheap, with the exception of Ran and Kagemusha). I am thinking about, for example, about Nagisa Oshima's Gohatto (known here as Taboo) and Takeshi Kitano's Zatoichi, which was a bit strange.François Luonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06559138766982217784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50729036669454163.post-31439143826188264312008-02-23T17:51:00.000-08:002008-02-23T17:51:00.000-08:00I could tell that both Kurosawa and Leone were big...I could tell that both Kurosawa and Leone were big influences on Misumi, but I was uncertain whether there were earlier (or for that matter, later) syntheses of K. and L. that might have inspired Tarantino more directly. Does that make sense? In other words, were there directors before Misumi who were combining elements of K. & L. in such a vivid way?Kasey Mohammadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13353259413006470925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50729036669454163.post-45440532098837926692008-02-23T17:39:00.000-08:002008-02-23T17:39:00.000-08:00Oh, yeah, it's a fun series. But the influence goe...Oh, yeah, it's a fun series. But the influence goes like this, since you were asking:<BR/><BR/>Kurosawa->Sergio Leone->Kozure OgamiFrançois Luonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06559138766982217784noreply@blogger.com